Examples of projects funded by ERDF

Globalization and climate change facilitate the rapid spread in infections. In addition, bacterial infectious agents are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics throughout the world. The innovation network HIHeal (Hygiene, Infection & Health) addresses this important issues by linking companies, scientific institutions, hospitals and funding bodies in Northern Germany. Its main focus lays on prevention, diagnostics, acute therapies and areas of clinical innovation. The goals include generating synergies by strengthening networks among experts and combining their expertise, promoting cooperation and initiating innovative projects.
Duration: April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2021

The Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg provides venture capital to young and innovative companies with their place of business in Hamburg. Aim is to strengthen research and development activities. Open participation in limited liability companies can reach up to 1 million Euros. Investors are in equal shares the city of Hamburg and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The fund volume is currently 12 million Euros. The management of the fund is the IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH which is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Hamburgischen Investitions- und Förderbank.

cloudplan offers a next-gen most secure and intelligent private cloud solution based on peer-to-peer technology for Enterprises (SaaS model). To finance international roll-out and further development a second financial round has been closed with Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg, High-Tech Gründerfonds and 7 private investors.

e-healthy ship is an interdisciplinary, EU-funded project to improve health management on vessels without doctors on board. The main objective of the project is the adaptation and optimisation of health management on ships.
Project duration: 01.07.2017 until 30.09.2021
Volume of funding: approx. EUR 1.86 million